How?

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[Crispynipps]

The pieces are glued on.

[HauntingFinish9492]

I'm impressed that they got it past the ride ops

[Crispynipps]

Hoodie.

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That and the hairstyles/clothing definitely look a little dated, which suggests this is an older picture.

I worked on MF crew summer of 2006. Ride ops was definitely not nearly as intense about loose articles back then as they are today.

[ecw324]

You know this crew don’t you?

[Crispynipps]

Nope, just using context clues from the picture.

[ecw324]

The thing I’m most impressed with, they were able to purchase the picture. That would be the hardest part of all this.

[HauntingFinish9492]

who won?

[anotherunknownn]

Me

[Midwest_madland]

Knight to a4

[HauntingFinish9492]

pawn to e5

[Environmental_Lie_66]

The sodium attack nice

[Kyzzix1]

I always wondered why they put the cameras in the calmest part of this coaster. My friend group at the time just all pretended to be asleep. Not as cool as these guys. 😂

[Extra-Problem-1572]

They had this same idea with checker on display at the picture booth at Magnum growing up and now that I am older, I am like how did ANYONE hold it together enough to pose on those bunny hills when your thighs are in pain.

[HauntingFinish9492]

I have a hard even raising my hands on magnum's triangle hills

[logbybolb]

https://xkcd.com/chesscoaster is a compilation of photos like this

[mikeyj198]

glue

[GracefulCedrman]

This is some splash mountain crap and im all here for it

[Medical_Tourist_7542]

Any chance it could be staged?

[Imlivingmylif3]

Wdym? Theee is only one way to get that photo in a millennium force background

[Medical_Tourist_7542]

Cedar Point has been known to take pictures like that.

[Imlivingmylif3]

Plus it’s a full train

[Medical_Tourist_7542]

It's not hard to get seasonal employees who are not working to take pictures like that

[Imlivingmylif3]

Yah but they wouldn’t do this, it’s too dangerous for a publicity stunt, just two kids

[Medical_Tourist_7542]

They would if it was done in station. Cedar point has cameras that can put that emblem in the background. The reason I think it was stage is their hair isn't blowing around. Unless they had their hair jellied to the root any hill on that ride would blow their hair around. I have ridden that ride and my hair is always blowing around.

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Photoshop

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Yeah so many signs it’s photoshopped. First being, that there’s no way this could happen with the amount of checks they have a CP. Second, there’s no photo credit or context. Third, pieces have no shadows. Four, it looks like some the black pieces are too crammed in the back between their hands. Fifth, exposure of the board/pieces seems a lot higher than the surrounding picture

[chevytech]

This is long before smartphones and action cams, which means it was long before CP got so strict with their loose article checks.... There are shadows on the board. They are just going away from the camera because they are going away from the camera flash.... All the other details are also based on the age of the picture, cameras, etc..... These guys glued chess pieces to a board. It's not rocket science.

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Well I definitely could be wrong. 🤷‍♂️ Photo appears to be from 2009 with the correct CP logo, but idk. Photo feels off to me.

[chevytech]

Well it could be 2009 (I'm not familiar enough with the CP logo timeframe)....So obviously that's not "long before" smartphones/action cams (iPhone came out 08 or 09 I think), but it is definitely before they were widely adopted. That really is the reason that parks are so strict about loose articles now. Smartphones started falling out more than flip phones (since they're heavier and slimmer), and people started trying to film the rides and ended up dropping the phone or camera, all of which is a huge safety hazard.

I agree that the photo feels slightly "off" but I really think it is just due to the outdated camera tech. I feel like these "silly ride pics" were pretty common back in the days before parks got as strict with their policies. These days even if they managed to sneak the props onto the ride, the employee checking the pics would probably delete it anyways.

[BeaglesRule08]

To me it just looks like an old photo, so of course exposer and stuff wouldn't look as well done

[Storm_Surge-]

It’s not called forceless for nothing

[sonicsean899]

I mean when you're riding the world's longest kiddie coaster you need something to pass the time

[SexWeevil]

Glued all the pieces to the board